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C. E. SMITH.

CARRIER 0R COVER FOR CANTEENS 0R WATER BOTTLES, 6w.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24. l9l6.

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PATENT oEEIcE.

. CLABENCE EU SMITH,- OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARRIER OR COVER FOR CANTEENS R WATER-BOTTLES, 866:.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

Application filed June 24, Serial No. 105,536.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE E. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Carriers or Covers for Canteens or Water-Bottles, &c., of which the followi ng is a specifi cation, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention has relation to carriers, covers, or jackets on the order of those in which canteens and water-bottles usually are carried. More especially,itrelates to the provisions for closing a cover about the shoulders and neck of a canteen, water-botsaid regulation canteen-carrier or cover has the upper portion of its back part formed or otherwise provided with two upwardly projecting, oppositely located, closure-ears or flaps. These are "adapted to be bent or folded forward over the shoulders of the canteen so that their free ends shall lie against the outer surface of the earrier'or cover-front at somewhat widely separated places. Each closure-ear or flap has fastening means of its own, of the well-known glove-fastener or stud-and-socket type, the

stud-members of the two fastener-arrangements being fixed at laterally opposite points on the carrier or cover-front, and. a

socket-member being fixed on each of the respective ears or flaps. With this construction and arrangement, employing separate fastening means for each closure-ear orfiap, and fastening the respective closure-ears or flaps to the carrier or cover-front at'laterally opposite places, not only are duplicate fastenings employed, but each ear or flap is fastened or unfastened by-operations' and motions separate from and additional to those by which the other ear or flap is fastened or unfastened. Thus, two separate fastening operations are required, and also two separate unfastening operations.

The objects of the invention are to simplify the closing and fastening construction and arrangement of a carrier, cover, or jacket of the order aforesaid. Also, to reduce the number of fastener-devices employed and thereby effect a saving incost, as well as reduce the expense of applying fast'enings in the process of manufacturing the carrier, cover, or jacket. Also, to make 'it easier for a soldier or other person to unfasten the closure-ears or flaps and open the latter, as for the purpose of enabling him to withdraw the canteen, water-bottle, or other contained article from the carrier or cover when required, and to re-position the closure-ears or flaps and refasten them in closed position after replacing the canteen, water-bottle or other article within the carrier or cover. Also, to improve the appearance of the carrier or cover.

The invention consists essentially in a carrier or cover having opposite closurefiaps which are so formed upon or applied to the carrier or cover-back, and also so shaped and proportioned in length, as to enable them to be brought together at their free ends upon the carrier or cover-front, and also having a single fastener-device, or set of coacting fastenerdevices, for the two flaps whereby they jointly may be secured in closed condition. Thereby, instead of the flaps being fastened separately in positions comparatively distant or remote from each other, they are brought together at their front ends and secured or fastened by one andthe same fastener or set of fastenerdevices.

The fastener-device or set of fastener-devices employed'in carrying the invention into effect may vary in character, in practice- Ihave presented herein an illustrative embodiment of the invention in which a stud 1s fixed in the front of the carrier or cover, at a middle point, and one of the flaps is furnished withjaneye to fit over said stud, while the other flap is furnished with a socket-member to fit upon thepor- 'tion of thestudwhich projects through the said eye.

In thedrawings,

Figure 1 is a'front elevation of a canteen or water-bottle inclosed in a carrier or cover made with the said illustrative embodiment of the invention, the said carrier or cover being closed and fastened.

Fig. 2 is an elevation with the carrier or cover unfastened, the canteen or water-bot- .tleremoved, and the flaps turned upward,

. 3 are closure-flaps such as have been mentioned, they being extensions from the .back part of the carrier orjcover.

In conformity, With the invention, closure-flaps 3, 3 are so formed upon or applied to the carrier or cover-back, and are so shaped and proportioned :in length, as to enable them to be bent or folded over the shoulders of the contained canteen, Water-bottle, or other article so as to encircle the upstanding neck thereof,5,and brought together at their free ends upon the front of the carrier-cover. In this illustrative embodiment the said flaps are of such length, etc., that the said free ends are adapted to overlap each other, as represented in Fig. 1, with one thereof lying upon the other. The form of fastenerrdevice shown in this instance'issuited to this overlapping of the fla s.. It comprises a headed fastener-stud 4 a Xed to the middle of the front of the carrier orcover and projecting therefrom, an eye in one flap, asflap 3, protected by means of an eyelet or gromet 5 having an opening therethrough sufficiently large to pass easily and freely-over .the fastener-stud 4, and a socket-member 6 applied to the other fiap,as flap-3 In closing and fastening the carrier or cover, the flap 3 first is positioned with the :eyelet or gromet 5 over and surrounding the fastenerstud 4, and then the flap 3 is broughtzover the first flap, and the fastener socket or.

socket-member 6 is snapped in place. upon the head of the fastener-stud. The operations are simplified and made more convenient. A single operationwill efiect the unfastening.

V The attainmentof the stated ectsof the invention will be obviousfromvthe drawings and the foregoing description. 1

I The invention is designed more; particu larly to be adapted in the case of carriers or covers and the like made of woven material. A lining 7 of suitable material, usually felt, I

said upstanding. neck. I. 2. ,A'QQLIIIQIIOI' Cover Will be provided in most cases, although this lining" "will. sometimes be i omitted.

' In practice," the carrier'or' cover will have claim as my invention 1. 'A'carrier'o'r cover for a canteen, water bottle, or the like, having opposite ears or flaps extending, from one side ofthe same and adapted to be bent 'o rlfolded' over the shoulders "of the contained canteen, water bottle, or other article so as to encircle the upstanding neck thereofl and overlapped at their free endsjagainst the opposite'side of the carrier or-eover, and prov ded wlth fastener means for sa d overlapp ng ends to hold the carrieror coverIin-closed condition and. having in its closed and "fastened "con- ,dition an opening that is occupied "the for a canteen, Waterbottlego r the, like, having [the back thereof furnished "with oppositeears or'flaps adaptedto be: bent or folded ,Jover, the

shoulders of the eontained canteen, waterbottle, or other article soQas to, encircle upstanding neck ,thereoffand to overlap at theirfreeends, one of the said freQ finds having an eye, the. other provided :withone of the membersof. a stud-and socket fastener, and the carrier, or cover-front bemg provided with the other member of such fastener, the stud-member of said fastener ,pa ssing through the eye in fastening the carrler'or cover n closed cond tion. e f;

' 3. A carrreroncover for a canteen, waterbottle, orthegl ikefhaving opposite ears or flapsextending fromone side. of the same and adapted .to ,be beirt or folded over the shoulders of {the contained canteen, water- ,bottle,or other article. so as to encircle the upstanding neck thereof, and to be brought together at their free ends against the opposite, side of the,ca'rrier. or cover, and fastener-means engaging with saldends ]o1ntly to hold the carrier or cover ln'clos'ed condition, said carrier or coverhaving in its closed and-fast ned condition an' opening is occupied the Said u t g neck. 3 e I I g In testimony iwhel fe bf signature: in presence of two' fwitne'sses'.

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